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Melmoth the Wanderer

Five chancers present a terrifying tale of temptation, torture and a traveller desperate to find someone to take over his pact and release him from immortality.  Who will take on his curse? His only surviving relative? A stranger in the depths of despair? An innocent child raised on a desert island with no knowledge of the world? Or the clowns compelled to play out this extraordinary tale of temptation, desire and cannibalism who may well have bitten off more than they can chew... Read more …

Comic surrealism meets shock horror in this series of ridiculous situations where innocent ecentrics struggle to survive. A random playground of the bizarre inspired by Saw, Psycho, Tim Burton and Fawlty Towers using projection, animation and squeaky toys.

This is the sort of delirious chaos that sets Big Telly apart.


The critical consensus

The fast-paced direction, and McCartney’s elegantly constructed script, give the talented cast plenty of opportunity to impress.

Gareth Vile, The Stage, 23/02/2012

Baggy as it is Big Telly has proved that the novel is indeed stageable. And the company do so with impressive energy, and no small amount of theatrical elan.

Alan Chadwick, STV, 23/02/2012

Jokey, self-undermining.

***(*)(*)Joyce McMillan, 24/02/2012


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Where and when?

Tron Theatre, Glasgow from Wednesday February 22, 2012, until Saturday February 25, 2012. More info: www.tron.co.uk

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